Events

  • Nov19

    Grey Bruce Settlement and Language Services

    Grey Bruce Settlement Services is here to support you in settling, integrating and calling Grey and Bruce counties your home.  This program offers free services to eligible Newcomers and is central place to help you feel more connected to your new community through many resources and partnerships with other local service agencies. Contact for more information – 519-371-9222, settlement@osgb.ymca.ca

  • Nov19

    Story Time

    Join us for this fun indoor preschool program where we will help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing and playing together.  Adults must stay for the program

  • Nov20

    Needle Arts

    Connect and share with other crafters while working on your current project.  Drop in.

  • Nov20

    Tween Reads

    Do you like to read, play games, and do crafts?  Join us for Tween Reading Group for a 6 week session.  Registration and details at the Port Elgin Branch.

  • Nov21

    Your Life, Your Voice

    This course is designed to help you reflect on your life through creative exercises, to explore the writing voice that is uniquely yours, and to share your stories within the group.  Register at the Port Elgin Branch Library

  • Nov26

    Grey Bruce Settlement and Language Services

    Grey Bruce Settlement Services is here to support you in settling, integrating and calling Grey and Bruce counties your home.  This program offers free services to eligible Newcomers and is central place to help you feel more connected to your new community through many resources and partnerships with other local service agencies. Contact for more information – 519-371-9222, settlement@osgb.ymca.ca

  • Nov26

    Story Time

    Join us for this fun indoor preschool program where we will help you build early literacy skills with your child by reading, talking, singing and playing together.  Adults must stay for the program

  • Nov27

    Needle Arts

    Connect and share with other crafters while working on your current project.  Drop in.

  • Nov27

    Book club

    This month we will be reading ‘Only the Beautiful’ by Susan Meissner.  Pick up your copy at Port Elgin Branch.  New members welcome.

  • Nov27

    Tween Reads

    Do you like to read, play games, and do crafts?  Join us for Tween Reading Group for a 6 week session.  Registration and details at the Port Elgin Branch.

About this Library

So what is there to discover?

The library property was once the site of the three-storey Royal Hotel. In 2018, the branch celebrated its 110th birthday. The first librarian in the Carnegie-funded building was Miss Flora MacKay from Bruce Township. Interesting fact: at one time the Library was where citizens of Port Elgin acquired their drivers’ licenses.

Amenities

Library Features

  • Black & White Printing
  • Book Return
  • Energy Monitor Kits
  • Exam Proctoring
  • Faxing
  • Fishing Rods & Tackle
  • Free Parking
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Geocaching Kits
  • LCD Projector
  • Meeting Carts
  • Photocopying
  • Public Use Computers
  • Projection Screen
  • Scanning to USB

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Accessible Street Parking
  • High Visibility Keyboard
  • Optical Trackball Mouse

Become a Member

If you are a Bruce County Resident, you can become a member free of charge by completing a library card application at any of our 17 Branch Library locations.

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